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Topic Review (Newest First)

05-13-2013 02:30 PM

Epic

I think the ghost is a better value for most people unless you NEED the 120fps. I'm sure there'll be a few occasions where I would love to have the 120fps but the battery life and LCD screen are more important to me.

05-13-2013 01:46 PM

midnightcaper

I looked at the monoprice it just doesn't have the features I want but maybe in a couple of years they will be upgraded.

05-13-2013 12:02 PM

Argo

No matter what the camera is, make a leash for it. Anything to connect the camera body to something solid in case the mount fails.....

05-13-2013 11:14 AM

Casual

I'm gonna throw another one into the mix. I've bought other items from these guys and for the price its all been awesome stuff. Pen tablet for photo editing for example, the Intous version was $500, I bought mine for $45 and its just as good. Anyways, I'm buying one of these sometime soon from monoprice... if you guys don't know this shop you need to.

Thanks for all the comments. Pulled the trigger on the Drift Ghost. Not very easy to get here. None of 10 shops I've contacted had any other helmet cam than GoPro or was even able to give me information on other brands. They've got kind of a monopoly... makes me a bit suspicious... either they are overwhelmingly better than the others OR it's a hipe/marketing thing like with the Apple stuff. Anyway, found a Drift in an online shop.
In two weeks I'll know if its waterproof enough for watersports without an additional case if it survived a week kite surfing

05-03-2013 12:04 PM

midnightcaper

Look on YouTube. Jvc is no comparison to the drift. I for one am tired of waiting on ion emailed them 3 weeks ago they said end of the week it would be here still nothing looks like I'm getting a contour+2. I would get a drift ghost but I do to many waters ports and 9 feet isn't deep enough.

04-26-2013 09:20 AM

neni

If anyone has found parallel pic quality comparison of drift and jvc, I'd very interested. In direct comparison between drift and gopro3, the drift wins

04-26-2013 12:18 AM

david_z

weighing in on the Sony Action Cam I've got one, it's a really nice cam, shoots great video, user-friendly controls, built-in WiFi which I don't think any others have at the sub-$300 price point, battery life is pretty good thanks to auto on/off when it's not "in use" but the mounting options suck. It's best used, in my opinion, as a handheld or pole mounted cam.

04-25-2013 09:24 PM

BigmountainVMD

For what you want, I would say drift ghost FTW. It has the screen, the others don't. I have a gopro hero 3 black, and while I LOVE the 120 fps 720p shots, I don't get to use it enough for it to be worth it. You can do plenty of good slow mo shots with 60 fps.

For what you want, I would say 1. Drift Ghost, 2. Ion Air Pro 2 w/ wifi backpac, and 3. Gopro Hero 3

The drift does look heavy, but if it is light it definitely wins.

I haven't had any real issues with my gopro other than battery life in extreme cold (0F), but a few extra batts (2 + wall charger for 30 bucks on amazon) solved that issue.

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